Japan

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Tokyo: Bosses at Fuji Television resigned on Monday as pressure grew on the Japanese broadcaster over sex assault allegations against celebrity host Masahiro Nakai. ...

Meta to Begin Testing Ads on Threads in the US and Japan

Meta Platforms will begin test launching ads on its social media platform Threads with a few brands in the U.S. and Japan, it said ...

Climate Change Cooks Up Japanese ‘Cabbage Shock’

Japan’s much-loved “tonkatsu” pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble vegetable has ...

Japanese Aquarium Puts Cutouts Of People To Comfort Lonely Sunfish

An aquarium in Japan has come up with a unique and out-of-the-box idea to cheer up its lonely resident sunfish after the facility closed ...

Japan Issues Tsunami Advisory After 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake

The earthquake struck off Miyazaki prefecture in the Kyushu region. (File) Tokyo: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late on Monday, the US Geological ...

Japan ‘Poop Master’ Gives Back To Nature

Sakuragawa, Japan: When nature calls, Masana Izawa has followed the same routine for more than 50 years: heading out to the woods in Japan, ...

Seven & I Convenience Store Recovery Hits Wider Retail Headwinds

Seven & I convenience store recovery encounters broader retail headwinds

2025-01-09 03:03:02 : (Bloomberg) — Seven & i Holdings Co.’s convenience stores in Japan and North America will show some signs of recovery when ...

Toyota Aims to Open Its Futuristic City in Japan This Year

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to move in the first 100 residents of a futuristic city at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan by ...

Japan's Space One's small, solid-fueled Kairos rocket lifts off at Space One's launching pad on the tip of Kii peninsula in Kushimoto town, Wakayama prefecture, Japan December 18, 2024, in this photo taken by Kyodo.

Space race: Toyota invests $44m in rocket startups as Japan government boosts private sector

2025-01-07 14:33:15 : The global space race has reignited as the private sector pushes into space, from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Jeff Bezos’ Blue ...

2024 Was Japan’s Hottest Year Ever, Official Says Climate Change A “Factor”

Japan’s weather agency said Monday that last year was the hottest since records began, mirroring other nations as ever-rising greenhouse gas emissions fuel climate ...

Joe Biden Blocks US Steel Sale To Japan’s Nippon

Washington, United States: US Steel and Nippon Steel threatened legal action Friday after President Joe Biden blocked a controversial $14.9 billion deal for the ...

200 Years On, ‘Mystery Volcano’ That Cooled Earth In 1831, Found

The annual average temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere came down by around 1 degree Celsius during one of the most powerful eruptions in the ...